The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-08-11
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT ARoUSES
THE FRENCH PRESS.

Great Britain Offers to Interfere Between
Italy and Ahyssinia--The Strnined RE-
latiOns Between Italy and France.
Blaine in Dubl,n-Cabls Notes.
LONDON, Aug. i0.-The French press have
become arouse by the offer of England to
establish modu5 Viveudi between the
Italian encampment on the Rcd S,a, as they
term it, and Abyssinia and profess to see in
the British proiTar OF assistance to Italy
another instance Of tine deliberate purpose
Of England to encourage Italy in her pro-
iects at Massowah ani other points, and to
still further strain ths relations between
that country and France
In view of the ieiihooi that the position
Of Italy will become less precarious through
the intervenJi m Of Great Britain, these
journals demand that the government inter-
pose its protest against England's interfer-
ence to render IraIy's otherwise hopeless
occupation OF territory on the Red Sea lit
toral secure The Italians they claim, ara
actually prisoners in Mlssowah, and if it
were not for the fact that King John has
been represset by England, aud incidentally
that that monarch is still under the coercive
influence of John Bull, the sons of Italy
would long ago have met the fate of King
Pharaoh's forces. Moreover it is contended
in support Of the demand for the interfer-
ence of the French government to prevent
England from lending aid to Italy that am-
munition and hospital stores are freely
loaned to the Italians by the English, and of
these the former stand ia great need Their
communications with tho Rome government
are irregular and uncertain, and frequent
skirmishes with the Abyssinians and ever
present disease have depleted their stores
and enlarged theirsick list to such an extent
that reinforcements are greatly needed.
The intense heat, sickness, the danger of
the confined position they occupy and a
woeful lack of the ordinary conveniences
of life have completely demoralized the
troops and suicides among the officers AS
well as men, through despair and frenzy,
are frequent Added to tho 5orrors Of this
state of affairs comes the news that Ras
Aloula is at Uhe head of 50, 0JO men for an
opportunity to throw his strength against
the shattered forces occupying Massowah,
and the French journals claim that Italy
ought to fight her own way out of the pre-
dicament she is in; that, if she cannot un-
aided hold the position sine has seized, she
must get out of 1t as best she can, and, that
under no circumstances ought England,
after obtaining possession, actual or con-
structive, Of great portion of the Red Sea
coast and all OF Egypt, to be- permitted to
voluntarily assist anoJher power in selling
or holding what she herself does not want of
the remaining portions of accessible and
fruitful Africa.
1t is not believed that Gen Satella has
succeeded in procuring respite Of hostili-
les, by bribing the neighboring tribes as
he is said to have attempted to do for the
chief source of subsistence of the native
tribes is the p!under that thsy obtain from
the intruders, and they would not dare to
conclude treaty Of peace without the au-
thorization Of King john who has shown
thus far no intention of wishing to make
terms with the invaders In their circum-
stances il is probable that, unless England
interferes to prevent it, that one decisive bat
tie will be fought which will put an end to
the Italian scheme of occupation and her
army of occupation as well, and if Ras
Aloula does not attack Massowah within O
short time it may be safely asserted that it
is because he has received intimation from
England, through King John, that he had
better not.